Vocabulary
die
Abfindung
· noun· Pl. die Abfindungen
severance pay, redundancy payment
The money a company pays you when it lets you go — often half a month's salary for every year you worked there.
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- Singular
- die Abfindung
- Plural
- die Abfindungen
- Genitiv
- der Abfindung
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Abfindung
severance pay, redundancy payment
Daniel bezahlte das Rad mit einem Teil seiner Abfindung, obwohl seine Schwester ihn für verrückt hielt.
Daniel paid for the bike with part of his severance pay, although his sister thought he was mad.
Word family
Abfindungabfindento pay off, to compensatesich abfinden mitto come to terms with, to accept
Common combinations
- eine Abfindung bekommento get a severance payment
- über die Abfindung verhandelnto negotiate the severance pay
Real examples
- Daniel bezahlte das Rad mit einem Teil seiner Abfindung, obwohl seine Schwester ihn für verrückt hielt.Daniel paid for the bike with part of his severance pay, although his sister thought he was mad.
- Nach zwanzig Jahren in der Firma hat sie eine hohe Abfindung bekommen.After twenty years at the company she got a large severance payment.
